Taking a Look at Social Networking

Online social network has gained astounding worldwide growth and popularity which has led to attracting attention from variety of researchers around the world. In Carla Poertner article,”Is Facebook Making Us Stupid,Boring and Insecure?” She is right on target about youth being impacted over social networking. Social media has influenced youths whether it being their motives, lifestyle, or even a choice and ways of their realizations. Although, some will argue saying that social network is a good influence towards young people it is morally wrong due to getting themselves into addiction leading to danger, lack of concentrating in school, even their physical and psychological health. In other words, generations of teenagers and young adults

Like all or most things, social networking can be useful in moderation. Unfortunately, moderation and networking do not concur in today’s society. Social networking permits needless risks in safety, privacy, health, and social skills. Networking, at best, provides such comfort of communication that social skills depreciate, and at poorest, is hazardous for children and networkers uninformed of the predators lurking in the

Social media has emerged and has been rapidly expanding since the development of the internet. Many people use this free internet application to read news, keep in touch with friends and so forth but it has some effects on the young generation. As apps like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter continue to get popular there are an increased amount of young kids who create accounts to be recognised as cool. They want to be like older brothers, sisters and or friends who seem to have hundreds if not thousands of friends on these applications. However social media plays a critical role in stranger danger, privacy and cause kids to have access to vulgar content and can cause addiction and or depression.

Imagine a typical teenager; eyes staring at the bright, white screen, fingers moving everywhere from corner to corner and from top to the bottom, scrolling down the page to text a friend, while “liking” posts and sharing photos, all the while not knowing that the brain is negatively changing. Most teenagers think social media is a place that empowers them to make and share content, but they do not realize that it can cause them harm or become an addiction. Hilary Stout, a Los Angeles Times writer, who wrote “Antisocial Networking?,” opposes to social media. Teens who use social media on a daily basis overuse and rely on social media, so their brains are being rewired resulting in less empathy for others, the inability to understand different

It is difficult to escape the grasp that social media has on our society. These mythical meeting places have ingrained themselves into all aspects of our daily lives. Personal electronic devices have become digital assistants that reside in our pockets. We keep an entourage of "friends" as our brain trust, always on call, always ready to chime in with their entirely factual and biased based opinions. We confide in these sites and their associated user base with our secrets, and believe all the answers they provide us are true. As users become addicted to oversharing their lives, in the infinite quest for social reciprocity and belonging from their "friends" list. Our children are being raised as

It’s no coincidence that a 16-year-old teenage girl, who thought she was meeting with her teenage pen pal, met with a 43-year old man and came up missing the next morning. It’s also no coincidence that a 13-year-old homosexual boy, who was constantly harassed with cruel messages online, hung himself last night. CNN reports that teenagers in the US spend approximately nine hours on social media a day. That’s over 250 total hours of average social media usage a month! Meanwhile, within the countless hours that the typical teenager spends online, it only takes one second for trouble to transpire. The large amount of time that teenagers spend online paired with the millions of users on major networks leave the door for social media abuse wide open.

Facebook and other forms of social media create isolation and danger for the youth social media creates harm to people and can also lead onto isolation for many youths that are socially active on the internet. During the 20th century, technology began to change very quickly in the 1940’s the first computer was created, and later internet. YouTube was created in 2005 and a year later Facebook was created along with twitter. Social media has been a big issue for many people mainly because it increases the dangers for the active youth that are constantly using internet outlets. Social media has many ups and downs when it comes to health and communication with others.

According to “Mixed Perceptions About Kids Using Digital Media,” kids and teenagers ranging from ages 8-18 spend an average of 7 ½ hours a day using digital media. Kids and teenagers use social media for different reasons. For example, some feel like they want to fit in with the “cool kids” by having multiple social media apps. Having the latest and greatest devices, trends, and social media is the biggest culprit of peer pressure in this day and age. They may not realize it, but by using social networks it opens up a whole new world of danger, risks, and

From a young age, all an individual could want is to fit in and strive to be the best that they could be, with this social media play’s a huge role. In this day and age almost everyone uses technology for school, work and most importantly recreation. From computers, to phones, to tablets, we use everything and the internet is the gateway to accessing anything we could possibly imagine, therefor it is extraordinarily easy for young children and teenagers to excess the internet as well. For most the internet seems like the place to go to look up anything you want and to get the answer handed to you immediately but for some the internet can be the gateway to unrealistic expectations for young adolescence’s striving for perfection in their lives.

Social Media has a negative impact on making real-life communication difficult for the younger generations. These social platforms were made to improve communication between one another, with actually creating a negative effect on interpersonal socialization. Teenagers exposed to social media might be attacked virtually by cyber bullies who send threatening messages. Other teens could have their identity stolen for someone to use it for luring other teenagers into a fictional relationship. With social media expanding all communication is focus towards instant messaging through Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook. The benefits of social media are outweighed by the effects of cyberbullying, “catfishing”, and absence of social skills.

First of all, social networking is dangerous for children, teens, and adults. To be specific, in stating the dangers for teens, (Allen) states, “ But in other cases, disclosure reaches a level that is troubling for parents and those concerned about the safety of online teens, and once children put this information online, they will never get it back”. This quote explains that teens will put their personal information on social media and once they put this information online, it will always be there. The information can always be found and brought back up. This is causing parents to be worried for their children because sometimes this can mean that teens will put their location online. There is also a way that apps can track individuals if they

When parents hear the words “Social Media” the first thing to come to mind is usually bad news. Despite the negative publicity networking sites have received from the media in regards to bullying and sexting, it is also important to acknowledge that social media can have a positive influence in today's youth. Because teens are developmentally vulnerable, the risks cannot be overlooked but being open about the use of social media for teens is also important. The older teenagers get, the more they will be exposed to new and advanced technology. It is important to guide them into using the internet for beneficial purposes. Some people may argue that teenagers who engage in frequent use of social media such as Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat,

The first thing to keep notice is that technology has had a great impact on teenagers lives. Technology is good to help teens complete homework but many adolescents abuse their technology and explore what they are not supposed to. According to Pew’s Research Center, an alarmingly seventy percent of U.S teens have mobile devices that are used to go on social media. With teens going this often on their phone’s who has time to talk anymore? Teens feel like they have lots of friends on social media, but in reality those friends could be a dangerous variety of criminals. Teenagers have adopted the idea to trust online “friends” more than family members and this can sometimes lead to kidnaps like the story of the twenty four year old women who was kidnapped by a man and used for sex. Stories like these appear every day and even though everyone is aware teens still fall for it. In many movies and shows there are examples of teens meeting up with complete strangers who claim to be someone who they are not. Many adolcents have been kidnapped and raped by these fake online so-called friends. Parent’s are not even aware of these meet-ups because their children do not have open communication with them. Technology could be used as a great resource for learning and communication but adolescents need to detach from this dangerous weapon to their lives.

The Internet and social media are ever becoming more and more pervasive and prevalent in our society that when you walk on the street, you could easily find handfuls of people on their phones or laptops. As more and more of society comes in contact with the Internet, it becomes more influential but it also becomes more dangerous, especially to the younger children who are innocent and naive. The Internet, with its increasing amounts of social media platforms, is becoming a place that is negatively affecting the next generation both physically and mentally. It is dangerous in the sense that people are becoming addicted to it, it is increasing sexual behavior, it is marketing alcohol illegally to minors, and it is creating insecurities

Many inventions have come up due to the rapid changing of technology. Social networking is the greatest invention of technology in general and the Internet in particular that has created a new aspect of modern life. Among these social networks, Facebook is the most popular with millions of users all over the world. As these social networking sites become more integrated, they can be not only a positive force but also a negative one in human life. While social networking offers some advantages for some people, others believe that there are more dangers than benefits which they can get from these visual societies.